Some food reviewers claimed that “they are the best pineapple tarts” and “the king of pineapple tarts”. These tarts from Le Cafe Confectionery & Pastry, better known as ‘golf balls’, are big, fat and huge – almost the size of a ping pong. One or two may be enough to make you feel slightly full this 2012 Lunar New Year.

Le Café has come a long way from being a humble neighbourhood cake shop (and before that a zhi char stall!). They say that they produced Singapore’s 1st round pineapple tarts.

If you like your tarts buttery and crumbly, you would fall in love with this. These golf balls are quite difficult to pop into your mouth because it is larger than the usual. So get your tissues ready to collect the butter crumbs.

The winning strategy? Their balls are heavily packed with home-made pineapple jam which are all manufactured in-house. In fact, you would not see them franchising or setting up kiosks in shopping malls. The golden-yellow pineapple jam is really quite a mouthful, rich and extremely addictive.